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Historical Bibliography Updated: August 13, 2021

On the ‘vomiting sickness’ of Jamaica.

Publication Details

Ann. trop. Med. Parasit., 10, 1-78. 1916 CE.

Discovery of the cause of the “vomiting sickness of Jamaica”: ackee poisoning.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2085
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2564
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLon-the-vomiting-sickness-of-jamaica

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Jamaica